''Apolinar'' is a Mexican

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drama film directed in 1971 by

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and produced by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Robert Viskin. The film was shot on location in and around Atotonilco, San Miguel de Allende,

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, in Mexico. Art direction was by

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. This was the only film direction undertaken by Castillo, later notable as a theatrical director. Although a release date of 1972 is often given, the film was never released publicly, although stills were circulated by Peña (later Castillo's wife) and Torner, the co-writers with Castillo.Conaculta.gob.mx: Castillo

Plot

Tancredo, a poor man, is in love with a rich girl, who does not return his feelings. One day when she is bathing in a river, a flood sweeps her away and Tancredo is unable to save her. Mad with grief, he steals the sun. The gods call Apolinar to restore light to the

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, but he is obstructed by the

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of darkness, until by means of a telescope he is able to send a bag of light to Tancredo, now grown old. Tancredo goes to the seashore and opens the bag of light as an offering to his beloved, whereupon the sun returns to the earth.

Cast

* Macaria *Eduardo Garduño *Fernando Rosales * Aarón Hernán * José Luis Castañeda * Bertha Moss *

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* Enrique Rocha * Sergio Kleiner (as Sergio Klainer) * Octávio Galindo *

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* José Gálvez * Pancho Córdova * Tito Novaro * Luis Torner *

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(as Manolo Calvo) *

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* Humberto Wagner * Roberto Schlosser * Julia Marichal * Gabriela * Susan Berger *

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* Paco Ignacio Taibo I *

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* Consuelo Quezada

References

External links

Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes website: Sistema de Información Cultural - Apolinar

Theiapolis Cinema: Apolinar
* 1970s Spanish-language films 1971 films 1970s fantasy drama films Mexican fantasy drama films 1971 drama films 1970s Mexican films {{fantasy-film-stub